Posted by davefilby on 3/21/2014 7:24:00 PM (view original):Not looking forward to it. There will be some good teams knocked out.

And there were.

Since we can't join the fun, hoping for an all Heartland final. St Mary's has been close a number of times and will have a lot of coaches in Iba rooting for them. Valdosta has one loss all season long and has the best resume of the remaining teams. Heartland will have over $10k of postseason cash if they make the final.

Lander and Hillsdale are impressive in their own right. Lander's impressive depth and balanced attack just disposed of #1 Erskine. We didn't make it that far, but Hillsdale's stout man-to-man and balanced attack was what scared me the most in the West.

It sure took a long freakin' time! This was my 20th season at St Mary's, my 10th Final Four, my 3rd championship game appearance (all in the last 7 seasons), my 17th consecutive season at A+ prestige and my 10th straight season to finish in the top 10 in both the rankings and RPI and I FINALLY claimed the elusive title. It feels good to finally win one!